Peter Carroll

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Peter Carroll was the founder of Fair Fuel UK (FFUK) until 2013 when he was appointed special adviser to chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander. [1]

Carroll is a former special adviser to Kent Police & Crime Commissioner Ann Barnes.

He was the Liberal Democrats parliamentary candidate for Folkestone & Hythe, Maidstone from 1999-2010. [2][2]

Carroll co-founded the www.fairfueluk.com campaign, which was 'widely credited with influencing the Government to abandon several successive rises in fuel duty'.

He was also campaign manager for the independent candidate for Kent Police & Crime Commissioner Ann Barnes, who won with a landslide in the November 2012 election. He was special adviser to Barnes from Nov 2012 through to Nov 2013. [2]

Previous roles also include founder of Peter Carroll Associates, Director and Part Owner of Astran Cargo Services Limited, International Freight Forwarder.

Education

Carroll studied Physics & Electronics at the University of Manchester. [2]

Notes

  1. Laura Hailstone FairFuelUK’s Peter Carroll moves on to Treasury, Commercial Motor, 11.11.2013, accessed 19 September 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Peter Carroll LinkedIn profile, accessed 19 September 2014.

    Background

    Carroll has led many campaigns on wide-ranging issues across the political, private and public sectors. His highest profile work was The Gurkha Justice Campaign.